After over two years of trying, we finally succeeded in getting a full bell to bell cell phone ban passed throughout Greenwich Public Schools. greenwichfreepress.com/schoo…

I loved having this thinking moment provided by @MJMA_Ed during the final keynote of @researchED_US

Wonderful day yesterday at #rEDNYC26! Great keynotes from @Ready4rigor and @nsachdeva2019, and fabulous sessions all around. (And thanks to everyone who attended mine!)

ResearchED NYC 2026 ♥️Keynoting alongside Zaretta H. - an honour 💪Presenting and premiering the key messages from the book co-written with Paul K. - an exciting and joyous opportunity 🫂 Learning and laughing with friends - PRICELESS @Ready4rigor @New_Old_Paul @researchED_US

#rEDNYC26 speaker evening was so fun. Big day in the big 🍎 for us ResearchEDers today! Let's learn and share. @DrJimHeal @Ready4rigor @MJMA_Ed @researchED_US @researchEDCan @MegVertebrae @tombennett71 @researchED1

You can get a last-minute researchED NYC for this Saturday here! bit.ly/rednyc26

Not too late to get a last minute ticket! sites.google.com/view/rednyc…

This is awesome!

So awesome to have you with us!!!

When you look at the @researchED_US NYC schedule and wince at the sessions you need to miss, because they are concurrent with your own. Here's mine. And I need to miss @MJMA_Ed @DrJimHeal @Bmore4Bmore @PhysicsHawk @SteveChiger. GAH.

Excited to share that I had the honour of contributing to this special issue of the Learning Professional (Journal of the Learning Forward) focussing in the Science of Learning. My article is titled "Are we teaching educators how learning works?" @MegVertebrae @LearningForward

This month's issue of The Learning Professional from @LearningForward is an incredible dive into the #scienceoflearning. Honored that my article on how school leaders can support their schools' entry points is a part of the issue. learningforward.org/journal/…

NYT's Frank Bruni comends @rpondiscio's call for civic optimism in schools. That in itself is a sign of optimism! Teaching in an American University Is Very Strange Right Now nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opini…

The Anxious Generation was published two years ago today, in a very different world. Back then, the most common objection I got was resignation: "The train has left the station." "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube." "It's how the kids connect today." Today, the world looks very different. It turns out that if our kids were all on a train and we learned it was heading toward a collapsed bridge, we'd find a way to stop it and bring them safely back to the station. That’s what’s happening now. After the historic verdicts in Los Angeles and New Mexico, today is a great day to reflect on the capacity of people in democratic societies to take action, even when opposing some of the most powerful corporations in history. We're getting access to the courts. We're getting phone-free schools. We're seeing whole neighborhoods letting kids out to play, unsupervised, which is what we older folk all remember as the best part of childhood. So I want to recognize: --The mothers (and, right behind them, fathers) who rose up by the millions and powered the movement. --The farsighted governors and legislators in red states and blue states who have been innovating on policy solutions. --The leaders of a dozen of nations, who are raising the age to 16 for opening social media accounts (with a special shoutout to Australia, for going first). --The teachers and school administrators who had their classrooms disrupted for 15 years, and who are now eager to think through new solutions as screens have taken over and obstructed learning. --The grassroots organizations who have been dedicating their efforts to advocate for all of the above in their local communities. --The millions of members of Gen Z who have been rising up, demanding agency over how they spend their lives in the digital era, and finding better ways to connect in real life. And one final group: the survivor parents--the ones you saw in those pictures of people embracing on the front steps of the LA courthouse. I have met many over the years. I am in awe of their courage and tenacity, their willingness to tell their stories of loss, over and over again, to different audiences, in the hope that no other parent would have to endure what they have endured. At long last, juries and legislatures are hearing you, and are acting. Together, we are calling the train back to the station. Together, we are rolling back the phone based childhood and reclaiming life in the real world. The work continues. If you’re not already involved, join us: anxiousgeneration.com/join

🚨 🚨Save the Date 🚨 🚨 Please join us on Saturday, May 2 for our next researchED conference! Check out this lineup, and register here: bit.ly/46w9ZoL